SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly six in 10 South Korean office workers are now using artificial intelligence tools in their jobs, underscoring how quickly AI has become embedded in everyday work, according to a new survey released Monday. The findings, published by Notion, a global AI-based collaboration platform, are based on a poll of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Online interest in artificial intelligence, K-culture and personal identity surged in South Korea this year, reflecting shifting social values as technology, culture and individual choice increasingly shape public discourse. According to a report released Wednesday by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, online mentions of artificial intelligence rose 44 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — When the winner of an art competition in Colorado last year turned out to be an AI-generated image, the revelation sparked outrage — and reignited a global debate: can something created by artificial intelligence truly be called art? The question has since taken hold in South Korea, where AI-generated paintings [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean researchers has developed an artificial intelligence model that allows parents to screen toddlers for autism spectrum disorder at home using nothing more than a smartphone. The study, led by Professors Chun Geun-ah and Kim Hwi-young of Severance Hospital and Professor Kim Boong-nyun of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has emerged as South Korea’s dominant force in artificial intelligence, ranking far ahead of domestic rivals Naver and LG, according to a new industry analysis. Yet even the nation’s top firms remain far behind American and Chinese tech giants in global AI competitiveness. The study, released Tuesday [...]
BERLIN, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — At Europe’s largest electronics fair, IFA 2025, Samsung Electronics unveiled a full-scale modular home outfitted with artificial intelligence technologies, underscoring its ambitions to shape the future of residential living. Erected beside Samsung’s exhibition hall at CityCube Berlin, the 218-square-meter, two-bedroom house was built in partnership with Samsung C&T and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung said Monday he will develop the artificial intelligence (AI) industry into the nation’s next-generation driver of growth through investment. Lee announced the goal of making South Korea one of the world’s top three AI powerhouses at the launch of the National AI Strategy Committee, chaired [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Britain’s Trade Minister Douglas Alexander paid a rare visit to an artificial intelligence (AI) research center of LG Group on Monday as the South Korean company prepares to launch a new financial service with the London exchange. Alexander visited the AI research center in western Seoul with officials from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics plans to unveil its latest lineup of Bespoke AI appliances at IFA 2025 in Berlin next month, pitching an upgraded vision of the “AI Home” that the company says will turn futuristic living into an everyday reality. Under the theme “AI Home – Future Living, Now,” Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — More than a decade after the suicide of three impoverished women in Seoul’s Songpa District shocked the nation and exposed deep flaws in the welfare system, South Korea’s government has unveiled its most ambitious blueprint yet to build what it calls a “zero poverty society.” The Lee Jae-myung administration [...]